the blue ebay frame has more headtube extension than the erichie lugs have.
Jeff Piwonka
Austin, Texas USA
> From: Jerome & Elizabeth Moos <jerrymoos@sbcglobal.net>
\r?\n> Subject: Re: [CR] Jimmy Katynski's extended head tube Della Santa frame
\r?\n> To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org, "Tom Sanders" <tesanders@comcast.net>
\r?\n> Date: Sunday, August 30, 2009, 1:31 PM
\r?\n> Tom, I'm not sure if we mean the same
\r?\n> bike. I has posted about this eBay Della Santa:
\r?\n>
\r?\n> http://ebay.com/
\r?\n>
\r?\n> I'd never seen a touring Della Santa before, but I like it
\r?\n> including the extended headtube. I think it's
\r?\n> perfectly OK for other CR members to criticize the extended
\r?\n> headtube as ugly, I just happen to totally disagree with
\r?\n> them.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Regards,
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Jerry Moos
\r?\n> Big Spring, Texas, USA
\r?\n>
\r?\n> --- On Sun, 8/30/09, Tom Sanders <tesanders@comcast.net>
\r?\n> wrote:
\r?\n>
\r?\n> > From: Tom Sanders <tesanders@comcast.net>
\r?\n> > Subject: [CR] Jimmy Katynski's extended head tube
\r?\n> Della Santa frame
\r?\n> > To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
\r?\n> > Date: Sunday, August 30, 2009, 10:34 AM
\r?\n> > Folks, a short while back Jimmy
\r?\n> > Katynski, a long time CR member and a friend
\r?\n> > listed his Della Santa bike for sale to the CR
\r?\n> list.
\r?\n> > It has an extended
\r?\n> > head tube. He asked what I feel a very fair price
\r?\n> for
\r?\n> > it. Since that time
\r?\n> > a few people have assailed the virtues of that bike
\r?\n> in
\r?\n> > vituperative terms.
\r?\n> > I think this is grossly unfair to Jimmy and exhibits a
\r?\n> lack
\r?\n> > of sensitivity
\r?\n> > to his feelings. I do not think it appropriate to
\r?\n> > diss one of our members
\r?\n> > bikes when it is being offered for sale like this.
\r?\n> No
\r?\n> > attempt at anything
\r?\n> > like fraud, misrepresentation, or anything like
\r?\n> that
\r?\n> > was made by Jimmy. He
\r?\n> > thought he was making an offering to friends. I
\r?\n> > wonder if he still feels
\r?\n> > that way?
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > If it is a matter of taste, I think one should take
\r?\n> any
\r?\n> > negative comments
\r?\n> > they care to make off line in such a situation.
\r?\n> This
\r?\n> > all came across like
\r?\n> > hostility to a great guy who had done no wrong and
\r?\n> some
\r?\n> > folks here should
\r?\n> > examine their behavior in this matter. We so not do
\r?\n> > so well when we are
\r?\n> > divisive and not inclusive.
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > I like the bike. A lot. And I like Jimmy a lot,
\r?\n> > too. If you feel like
\r?\n> > making negative comments toward me, please co0ntact me
\r?\n> off
\r?\n> > line to do so.
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > Tom Sanders
\r?\n> >
\r?\n> > Lansing, MI USA